Bourgueil invades Tours for 12th time – some photos (more added)

A sign of the red army – Breton Division – on Le Boulevard Heurteloup

 Preparing food for the Breton Division and their visitors

Le Maestro de Rillons and Rillettes

Starting to cook the next batch of rillons

Jean-François Mabileau

Maëva Mabileau

also president of Les Amis de l'Espace Jean Carmet

Fabrice Métry, La Galette Bourgueilloise

"Something I knocked up earlier to show my new Belgian 

neighbour that I, too, can cook!!"

Philippe Boucard (Lamé Delisle Boucard)

Vincent Simon – Monsieur Poulet@Ingrandes-de-Touraine

 Le Puy lentils slow cooked in Bourgueil 

with a touch of cinnamon (above and below)

 

 Leaders of the invading army – Guillaume Lapaque 

and Stéphanie Riocreux (Mayoress de Benais) 

discussing surrender terms with Jean Germain 

(closest to the lens) over a snack lunch!

A hairy moment!  – Jean-Jack Martin and Jacky Blot 

plus a local journalist 

Pink – the other colour of Bourgueil

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Bourgueil invades Tours for 12th time – some photos

A sign of the red army – Breton Division – on Le Boulevard Heurteloup

To finish – this post has now been replaced with a more complete version. Further posts to follow. Intended to update this one but it wouldn't save, so kept this version as there are still links to it.

 Preparing food for the Breton Division and their visitors

 Leaders of the invading army – Guillaume Lapaque 

and Stéphanie Riocreux (Mayoress de Benais) 

discussing surrender terms with Jean Germain 

(closest to the lens) over a snack lunch!

A hairy moment!  – Jean-Jack Martin and Jacky Blot 

plus a local journalist

Fête des Vins de Bourgueil à Tours: list of vignerons present this Saturday

List of producers

Bourgueil vignerons showing their wines in Tours tomorrow:

Le Clos de l'Abbaye

Jean-Marie Amirault

Domaine Yannick Amirault

Maison Audebert et Fils

Domaine du Bois Maynaud

Henri Bourdin

Bruno Breton Earl du Carroi

Jean-Marc et Stéphane Breton

Domaine de la Butte

Domaine du Cèdre

Domaine de la Chanteleuserie

Domaine de la Chevalerie

Armel Delanoue

Michel et Vincent Delanoue

Delaunay et Fils

Domaine Dubois

Domaine Duval Voisin

Bertrand Galbrun

Philippe Galbrun

Domaine des Geleries

Domaine Jérôme Godefroy 

Laurent Herlin

Alain et Arnaud Houx

Joël Julienne

Lamé Delisle Boucard

Jérémy Lorieux

Jean-François Mabileau

Bertrand et Vincent Marchesseau

Domaine Menard

Dominique Meslet

Eric Meslet

Château de Minière

Régis Mureau

Nau Frères

Nathalie Omasson

Domaine de l'Oubliée

Domaine des Ouches

Domaine de la Petite Bondeau

Domaine de la Petite Mairie

Pitault Landry et Fils

Domaine du Pont du Gué

Domaine des Raguenières

Joël Taluau - Thierry Flotzenlogel

Michel Thibault

Domaine Thouet-Boisseau 

Bourgueil occupies Tours: Saturday 15th March 2014

On Saturday 15th March the Bourgueil producers will be back in the centre of Tours for their 12th edition of their Fêtes des Vins – de Bourgueil à Tours. The event starts at 10 am and finishes at 7pm. Bourgueil à Tours uses the little wooden huts along the centre of the Boulevard Heurteloup close to the Gare de Tours.

The tasting is out in the open, so hopefully it will be a mild dry day but anyway the Bourgueil producers are hardy folk like their wines with a touch of tannin! Whatever the weather this is a very good opportunity to taste recent vintages of Bourgueil and many producers will be be showing some of their 2013s.

Some photos from the 2012 Bourgueil à Tours:

 

 Jean-Marie Amirault

Guillaume Lapaque – Vins de Bourgueil

Laurent Herlin 

Christophe Pitault

Claire Gressieux recording the event

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